Overview
- Examines where to place Grosseteste in the history of science
- Brings together experts from the fields of science, cosmology, history, theology and philosophy in order to explore the writings of one of the greatest scientists in the medieval world
- Contributes to the contemporary debate on the relationship between Science and Religion which draws on the Medieval experience
Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind (SHPM, volume 18)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Rainbows, Light and Optics
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Purity: Physical and Spiritual
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Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon
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Infinities and Transcendentals
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Science and Faith: Some Lessons from the Thirteenth Century?
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Mark D. Hocknull is Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral and Senior Fellow at the University of Lincoln. He has a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and a PhD from Lancaster University in Religious Studies. Previous publications include, Pannenberg on Evil, God and Love: the realization of Divine (Ashgate, 2014).-
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle Ages
Editors: Jack P. Cunningham, Mark Hocknull
Series Title: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33468-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33466-0Published: 06 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81520-6Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33468-4Published: 29 August 2016
Series ISSN: 1573-5834
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9922
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 306
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Medieval Philosophy, Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics